Hay-carrier



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L. 88 E. CLARK.'

HAY CARRIER.

INVENTOR TOR UNITED STATES Parana Oriana.

LINDLEY CLARK AND ELLV OOD CLARK, OF CUBA, OHIO.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,190, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed May 12, 1887.

To all 2072 0727, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LINDLEY CLARK and ELLwooD CLARK, of Cuba, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved HayCarrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in hay-carriers, and has for its object to construct a simple and effective device for carrying hay into hay-mews and over the tops of hay-stacks and depositing it at any desired pointwithin the range of the apparatus.

Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will he hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Fgure 1 is a front elevation of our carrier in position, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section through line at :c of Fig. l.

A is a rod extending from end to end of the building and provided at opposite sides of its center with shoulders a a and inclines a. a.

The carriage is composed of a sleeve, B, movable longitudinally on the rod A, and normally held in place by one of the shoulders a (4, according to the part of the rod upon which the carriage is to be used, and the suspendingstraps O O, embracing the sleeve,and between which, below the sleeve, are secured the ends of the cross-pieces b. The lower ends of the forward strap, 0, carry the pulley D, and the ring E is suspended from the lower end of the rear strap, 0.

H is a pulley suspended in rear of the carriage.

d is a rope secured to ring E, passed over pulley H, and provided at its free end with the weight J, for returning the carriage to its normal position,where it will be held by a shoulder a, as before described.

F is the operating-rope secured to ring E, passed under the loose forkpulley G, thence over the pulley D, and around the pulley K, secured to the side of the building below the end of the rod A. The pulley G carries a fork of any suitable construction, the shank c of which is shown.

The operation is as follows: The inclines a Serial No. 238,013.

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a extend across the two mows or places where the hay, straw, or other material is to be deposited, the earriage being at the center of the building or part where the wagon carrying the hay or other material enters. The fork (not shown) is loaded, and then power is applied to the free end of the rope F, which will raise the load until the pulley G reaches the carriage, and as the pulling is continued the strain will be upon the lower end of the rear strap, O,which will cause the carriage to tilt and raise the forward end of the sleeve out of engagement with the shoulder a,when the carriage will be free to be drawn up the incline until the place is reached where it is desired to deposit the load. The ropeF is then slackened to lower the load, which may then be discharged, as will be readily understood. The weight J will now return the carriage to its proper position for another load, and the sleeve will again engage the shoulder a.

If the rod is very lengthy it may be centrall-y supported in any suitable manner; but the support will have to be removed when it is desired to transfer the carriage to the other part of the rod. The rod A is ordinarily made stout enough to be supported from its ends alone; but in the event a lengthy rod is used, and it becomes necessary to give an interme diate support thereto, a hook having its shank attached to any convenient wall or post is made to engage the rod beneath the inclined plane a not in use.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hay-carrier, the combination, with the rod A, having shoulders a a and inclines aa,

of the sleeve B, movable on the rod, the front G. W. SWAIN, MELVILLE HAYES. 

